Before being appointed Gov. Cuomo's first deputy counsel in January, Gabay served as assistant counsel to the governor since 2011, according to his biography on the govenor's website. Prior to working for the governor, Gabay was a banking and finance associate at Jones Day from 2007 to 2009, and a structure products associate at Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP from 2002 to 2007. He has a B.A. from Harvard College and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.